NCAA Tournament roundup (March 17, 2012)No. 15 Lehigh 75, No. 2 Duke 70 GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — C.J. McCollum scored 30 points and Lehigh upset Duke 75-70 on Friday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Lehigh became the sixth No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2 and the first since Norfolk State pulled off the trick earlier in the day. Duke dropped its first tournament game for only the second time in the past 16 years, and this one occurred just 55 miles from its campus. The Bl...

NCAA Tournament roundup (Friday, March 16, 2012)Kentucky 81, W. Kentucky 66 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Terrence Jones had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Doron Lamb scored 16 and top-seeded Kentucky began its quest for an eighth national title with a staggering display of athleticism in an 81-66 victory over Western Kentucky on Thursday night. On a day when Syracuse nearly became the first No. 1 seed ever to lose to a 16, the Wildcats (33-2) are clearly relishing their growing role as favorites. Fre...

Elite Eight: DeniedWICHITA FALLS, Texas — Nationally fifth-ranked Midwestern State shot 65 percent from the field in the second half and ended Arkansas Tech’s deepest run in the NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Tournament by defeating the nationally 15th-ranked Wonder Boys 77-61 in the South Central Regional championship game at D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Tuesday night. The Mustangs broke open an even game midway through the second half with a 13-2 run over a span ...

Fresh faces: Hogs will have a new look at receiver in 2012FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino will be missing some familiar faces when his team opens spring practice in Razorback Stadium today. Receivers Jarius Wright, Joe Adams and Greg Childs, who made an enormous contributions to the program throughout Petrino’s first four seasons with the Razorbacks, are off preparing for the NFL Draft. So for the first time since the spring of 2008, Petrino’s first with the Razorbacks, he’ll be counting ...

Abracadabra: Wonder Boys look to make their own 'Dome Magic'WICHITA FALLS, Texas — “Dome Magic” is painted in large letters in four different places near the scoreboards at D.L. Ligon Coliseum here. It’s a proud declaration of the home-court advantage that the Midwestern State Mustangs enjoy. Arkansas Tech will try to break the Mustangs’ spell and topple the two-time defending region champions when the nationally 15th-ranked Wonder Boys (26-5) tangle with nationally fifth-ranked Midwestern State (28-3)...

Keep on keeping on: Tech heading to NCAA Sweet 16 for first timeWICHITA FALLS, Texas — Not again. That’s all that Arkansas Tech head coach Doug Karleskint could think when the final shot went in the air. He had lost an NCAA Division II Tournament game at the buzzer to Tarleton State when he was an assistant coach at Northwest Missouri State. He had seen his Wonder Boys lose in overtime in the NCAA Division II Tournament regional semifinals one year ago. This time Tarleton State’s last-second shot was no go...

Tech advances in NCAA Division II TournamentWICHITA FALLS, Texas — Three-point shooting was a big factor in getting the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys to the NCAA Division II Tournament, and it’s a big reason why they are still there. Nationally 15th-ranked Arkansas Tech made nine first-half 3-pointers and then held on for a 79-68 victory over the West Texas A&M Buffaloes in the first round of the NCAA Division II Tournament South Central Regional at D.L. Ligon Coliseum in Wichita Falls, Tex...

Wonder Boys to face West Texas A&M in NCAA II tourneyArkansas Tech wants to play fast and create as many possessions as possible. West Texas A&M wants to control the tempo and shorten the game. The team that gets its way today is likely to advance to the second round of the NCAA Division II Tournament. The nationally 15th-ranked Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys (24-5) and the West Texas A&M Buffaloes (19-8) will meet in an opening-round game at the NCAA Division II Tournament South Central Regional at ...

LSU Tigers beat Arkansas in NORazorbacks falter in second half, likely end season By Robbie Neiswanger Arkansas News Bureau NEW ORLEANS — Arkansas forward Devonta Abron stripped the ball out of an LSU player’s hands in the post to force a turnover in the first half of the Razorbacks’ 70-54 loss Thursday afternoon. But guard Ky Madden threw an errant pass in transition that landed in LSU coach Trent Johnson’s hands. A similar sequence happened early in the second half when ...

BJ Young receives all-SEC honorsFAYETTEVILLE — Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy, minutes after his team had ruined senior night in Bud Walton Arena on Feb. 28, offered a big compliment to one of Arkansas’ youngest players. “I want to tell you something: BJ Young is an incredible player,” Kennedy said during his postgame press conference. “He’s one of the marquee freshmen in this country. There’s a lot of publicity, and rightfully so, that goes to that outstanding freshman class a...

Still in the championship huntArkansas Tech University will be the No. 3 seed in the men’s basketball 2012 NCAA Division II Tournament South Central Regional, which will be hosted this weekend at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. The Wonder Boys (24-5), regular season and postseason champions of the Great American Conference, will face No. 6 seed West Texas A&M University in the NCAA Tournament first round at noon on Saturday. Arkansas Tech will appear i...

It's a new seasonFAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas’ goal this week is the same as every other team wrapping up a disappointing regular season: bury the frustration and make amends by winning four games in four days at the SEC Tournament. But what happens if the Razorbacks can’t pull off the improbable feat, which would give them the conference’s automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament’s 68-team field? Arkansas (18-13, 6-10 in the SEC) appears to be fighting to keep the 20...

Eagles baseball drops two of three to Mary Hardin-BaylorBELTON, Texas — Tyler Erickson pitched a complete game in Saturday’s 2-1 win in the front end of a doubleheader, but Mary Hardin-Baylor took game two 10-5 in Belton, Texas. Erickson (3-1) went seven innings to notch his third complete game of the season. Sam Shook gave Erikson a run to work with after he doubled in Michael Prusator in the top of the second. Erickson ran into trouble in the bottom half of the inning when the Crusaders (8-5) loa...

Wonder Boys reach GAC title gameBARTLESVILLE, Okla. — Arkansas Tech staged its biggest second-half comeback of the 2011-12 men’s basketball campaign at the biggest moment of the season so far on Saturday. The nationally 21st-ranked Wonder Boys stormed back from an 11-point halftime deficit to defeat the Ouachita Baptist Tigers 67-62 in the Great American Conference Tournament semifinals at Bruin Fieldhouse in Bartlesville, Okla. With the win, top-seeded Arkansas Tech (23-5) ...

Looking for another road winFAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas couldn’t put an end to its frustrations against Ole Miss on Tuesday night, blowing a 15-point lead in the second half en route to its eighth loss in nine games to the Rebels. But trying to end Ole Miss’ dominance in the series was just the first of two challenges for the Razorbacks during the final week of the regular season. Now Arkansas (18-12, 6-9 in Southeastern Conference) has to play Mississippi State (20-10, 7-8)...

Arkansas Tech barely edges past Southern ArkansasBARTLESVILLE, Okla. — Johnie Davis made two free throws with 14.6 seconds left to allow the nationally 21st-ranked Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys to survive and advance with a 54-53 win over the Southern Arkansas Muleriders in the first round of the Great American Conference Tournament at Bruin Fieldhouse in Bartlesville, Okla., on Thursday night. With the win, top-seeded Arkansas Tech (22-5) advances to face either Ouachita Baptist or Southeastern...

Wonder Boys, SAU meet again in GAC first round
It will be a case of a familiar opponent in unfamiliar surroundings for the nationally 21st-ranked Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys when they take on the Southern Arkansas Muleriders in the first round of the 2012 Great American Conference Tournament today. Tip-off at Bruin Fieldhouse in Bartlesville, Okla., is set for 6 p.m. It will be the second meeting in less than a week between the Wonder Boys (21-5) and the Muleriders (13-15). Arkansas Tech def...

Hogs lose on senior nightFAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas guard BJ Young collapsed on the court in disbelief Tuesday night. His last-second layup had just rolled off the rim, finishing Ole Miss’ 77-75 win against the Razorbacks in front of an announced crowd of 12,378 in Bud Walton Arena. But the miss, alone, wasn’t the only reason the freshman got up with tears in his eyes and had to be consoled by Arkansas coach Mike Anderson as he walked back to the Razorbacks’ locker room....

Spring sports in action for Arkansas TechWhile the Arkansas Tech University basketball teams have been busy sweeping the Great American Conference basketball regular season titles and preparing for the postseason in recent days, three spring sports teams at Arkansas Tech have continued with early-season competition. The Wonder Boys baseball team improved to 8-6 on the season by sweeping four games in Tahlequah, Okla., last Friday through Sunday. Arkansas Tech’s bats came alive during...

Getting things back on trackFAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas’ season-long search for a road win finally ended at Auburn last Saturday, when the Razorbacks erased a 17-point deficit to beat the Tigers 77-71. Now the Razorbacks want to restore order in Bud Walton Arena. Arkansas, after ending an ugly three-week stretch with an impressive come-from-behind win against the Tigers, aims to end its recent losing skid at home when it plays Ole Miss (16-12, 6-8 SEC) at 6 p.m. tonight. The...